The Blizzard: Red Star 1-1 Milan, 1988
Football Ramble
Stak Production
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🗓️ 10 August 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the first of our brand new ‘Greatest Games’ series, in association with The Blizzard. Every Saturday, Marcus Speller, Jonathan Wilson and a guest from the world of football discuss some of the most significant matches in football history. First up it’s our continental compatriot, James Horncastle!
James arrives to discuss one of the most infamous ties in European football history, where Milan took on Red Star Belgrade in the 1988/89 European Cup. With Milan looking like it was destined to be eliminated in the second leg, a thick fog totally enveloped the Marakana and forced the referee to abandon the game. James recounts how the visibility was so poor that the commentator couldn’t follow the flight of the ball and Milan’s Pietro Paolo Virdis was sent off 15 minutes before his manager Arrigo Sacchi realised. This dramatic delay gave way to one of the all-time great European ties, as 50,000 fans descended on the stadium to see their beloved Crvena zvezda take on the European powerhouses for the second time in two days.
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| 0:00.0 | RC |
| 0:30.0 | Il garnish di oner |
| 0:33.7 | Ril aku |
| 0:43.2 | Allie quindi benim e paou |
| 0:47.2 | Ma歡迎 per il farming contest forza csansivico |
| 0:49.4 | creativa interessante mio mio parte |
| 0:52.2 | è James Horn Castle di B Databrita Bomb yeah |
| 0:55.0 | PT, Cinema e Super identities |
| 0:56.1 | Haggard P diplomato |
| 0:57.3 | Ciao adoro ha flights |
| 0:58.7 | D moisture |
| 0:59.4 | Che stai ważadosi l' cupcakes |
| 1:20.8 | GS |
| 1:22.9 | Genelamentale |
| 1:28.3 | All the bases covered but why have you gone for this game James? |
| 1:32.4 | Well I think when people think about Sackie's me and Anne they tend to be two games one |
| 1:38.6 | right at the end of his first season when they go to Naples and they take on Maradona's |
| 1:44.1 | Napoli, the Champions and they beat them three two they overtake them in Sidià and they |
| 1:51.7 | get a standing ovation from the crowd at the St. Paolo and the other is later in |
| 1:58.2 | the European Cup in this season when they play Real Madrid and they beat them five |
| 2:03.1 | no which is seen as one of the all-time great performances in that competition. |
| 2:08.0 | So just to be clear we're talking about 88-89. |
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